The Yakama Nation Review is a bi-weekly newspaper printed by the Yakama Nation that includes articles of local importance. Articles in this issue are written by YNR staff writers, as well as external news outlets. In March 1994, the publication changed its name from Yakama Nation Review to Yakama Nation Review.
Page 1: Kempthorne takes interior department helm; has day-one meeting with NCAI (see interior on page 2); Yakama COE board places four tribal council members on 90-day probation (see code on page 2); Inside.
Page 2: Code/Judicial process eyed; Yakama/Utility could expand use (continued from page 1); Interior/Charting a new course with tribes, others (continued from page 1); Power/ 'The benefit of others' (continued from page 1); Quickly.
Page 3: Ceremonial calendar; Pimms retiring after a 45 year jaunt in the woods; Yakama code of ethics board; Decision rendered on tribal council law $ order committee.
Page 4: Native Northwest; Grand Ronde tribe says it may run more anti-kulongoski advertisements; 1.6 million chinook salmon dies at Gorst hatchery; Forum to include tribes; Official: Agency proposing 100 bison hunt licenses; Three charged in vandalism at crow agency church; Lodge grass man gets 8 years for crashing police car; Burns' approval rating falls; Washington State's loon population plummets; State out gas tax from tribes; State GOP toughens stance on immigration issue.
Page 5: Walking on; Lucille Jim Begay; Willie weeks; Danny Allen McAnulty; Carol Dave Meshell; Ron Froman; Albert Ross; A'Mia Camille Jacobs; Acknowledgements; Stone blessing & Memorial; Native American remains to be reburied ; Church: Murder rate of Brazil indigenous population rises sharply.
Page 6: Opinion and Commentary; PXWI; Fencing is not good for America; DNA test poses risks, can undermine rights; Out of our mailbag; Hatchery high-fives are in order.
Page 7: People in the news; Grass dancer heeding the beat of his people; Five-year-old getting a 'head start' on what it will take to succeed in school; earns perfect attendance award; Yakama cultural center to kick off treaty day events; Special father's day gifts for service personnel offered.
Page 8: Sports; First year track athlete waiting to launch next year; Yakama stick game event been around 25 years; Two tribes interested in chargers stadium.
Page 9: Classifieds; Employment; For sale.
Page 10: Across Native America; Native Hawaiians seek rights to self-government; vote could come soon; About 70 activists arrested outside Nevada test site; Blackjack tables now open at the wind river casino; Protest march planned at Pine ridge over clinic; Former standing rock tribal chair named to ed board; Lake sturgeon making a comeback in Minnesota; Navajo, Sithe sign lease for power plant in New Mexico; House approves amendment allowing tribal casino; 53 charged in meth bust in California, other states; Tribes and schools sue BIA over school reorganization; Eight wolves die in Arizona during removal effort.